All things are difficult before they are easy.
Author
Thomas Fuller
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About Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen.
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Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
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Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.
It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
Abused patience turns to fury.
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
Great hopes make great men.
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
In fair weather prepare for foul.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
Great hopes make great men.